On a beautiful summer day like today, how can you not feel the urge to cheerlead for our Great Lakes State. Answer the call by responding to this call to action from George Zimmerman, the state's official tourism czar...

In recent months, the states have been competing with each other regarding which state has the best State Tourism Web Site. I am pleased to report, we are down the finals and it's Michigan (www.michigan.org) vs. Virginia (www.virginia.org).

I am writing to ask for your help. We need all Michigan supporters to vote for our site. Prevailing in this competition will give us yet another "best" we can trumpet -- like that fact that michigan.org already attracts more web users than any other state tourism web site.

Therefore, I have two requests today:

1/ That you click on the link below and vote for Michigan! (click on the circle next to Michigan and then click on "vote")

http://traveltrendreport.blogspot.com/

2/ Just as importantly, that you forward this request to all of your employees and other email lists of Michigan supporters. We need a massive grassroots turnout to win this.

Voting will end in about a week, so time is of the essence! Thanks in advance for your help with this!